Broiler.



110.759,504.. PATENTBD MAY 1o, 1904.

P. DEDIEU.

BROILBR.'

l APPLICATION FILED DEU. 11, 1902. Nuonm..

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS l WITNEss'Es: AJM

Patented May 10, 1904.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PIERRE DEDIEU, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

BROILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,504, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed December ll, 1902. Serial No. 134,730. (No model.) z

To all when?, it 'mln/7J concern: j

Be it known that I, PIERRE DEDIEU, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Broilers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to broilers, and has for its object to provide an improved construetion by which several defects generally found in broilers are avoided ,and by which itis possible to broil food quickly and uniformly without burning it or giving it a disagreeable iiavor.

Myinvention also provides means for grading the action as may be required for different kinds of food.

rIhe invention will be fully described hereinafter, and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved broiler, taken from front to rear in the plane indicated by the line l l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the broiler set upon a kitchen-stove, with the latter in section; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the broiler with parts broken away.

My improved boiler is designed either as a permanent or as a removable attachment to a kitchen stove or the like. The broiler is adapted to be set over a suitable opening' A' in the stove A, and in the particular construction illustrated the said boiler consists or' a rectangular box or casing B, which is open at the bottom, so that its interior is accessible to the heat radiated from the lire. The box or casing B may be permanently attached to the stove; but as a rule I prefer to have it movable, so that it may be swung' aside or entirely removed from the opening A', so as to allow the said opening to be used in the customary way. In the drawings I have shown the box B pivoted to the stove A adjacent to one corner, as indicated at B', about a vertical axis, thus allowing the broiler to be swung aside readily. The top B2 of the broiler I prefer to provide upon its underside with a non-c0mbustible heat-insulating covi ering B3, made, for instance, of asbestos. I

also prefer to provide the top with a depres-4 sion B'L and a cross-bar B5 in said depression n for the purpose of allowing the broiler to be moved by means of the common stove-lifter, while affording a smooth surface at the top upon which a plate or dish may be set.

The box or Casin@1 Bis )rovided with supports or guides B, extending from front to rear along the side walls of said box and adapted to support a gridiron O in a horizontal position above the opening A'.

My invention has no reference to the gridiron propel', which may be constructed in any approved manner.

As shown in the drawings, I prefer to provide a plurality of supports or guides B at diii'erent distances from the bottom of the broiler, so that the meat to be broiled may beheld at agreater or lesser distance from the tire. The front of the casing B is provided with swinging doors D, pivoted to the side walls at D', and arranged to abut at their lower ends against the forward edges of the guides BG. The said forward edges are preferably somewhat in front of the pivots D', so that in their normal position the doors I) will be held at an inclined position and will rest by gravity against the said edges of the guides or supports BG. Each door I) has its upper end arranged adjacent to the forward end ot' the next guide or support B6 above, with the exception of the uppermost door D, the upper end of which is adjacent to the front edge of the top B2. In this manner the front wall of the casing B is made practically continuous. It will be understood that when a door D is swung into an upper position on its pivots D' an opening is formed at the front of the casing B suiiicient for the introduction of the gridiron O. In order to enable the door to close while the gridiron is within the broiler, I provide each ot' the doors with a central opening D2, and to close this opening as far as practicable I attach to each door adjacent to the upper edge of the opening' D2 a iiap E, hinged at E', and adapted to lit with an opening closely to the side of the handle O' of the gridiron. The flaps E may be swung upward to ascertain the progress oi IOO the broiling at any time without chilling the food, as would be the case if the entire door were opened to inspect the meat or fish. It willbe seen that with this construction when the gridiron is in position, as shown in Fig. l, there will be only small openings in the front of the casing B. Inasmuch as the broiler-casing is closed at the top, the draft will be downward within said casing-that is, air will be drawn in through the openings at the front of the broiler and will pass downward to mingle with the combustion products and to pass to the smoke-flue with them. This is of considerable advantage in that the flame cannot touch and burn the meat, especially when, as is often the case, grease drops from the meat upon the burning fuel and produces a flash or sudden increase of the liame. The unpleasant flavor which broiled food occasionally receives by the burned grease is thus eliciently avoided. The heat reaches the food by radiation and is therefore much more regular and less liable to spoil the food. Furthermore, as the broiler has several supports at different distances from the fire it is easy to regulate the action of the attachment according to the requirements of each individual case. I have alsofouud by practical trial that the broiler constructed in substance as hereinbefore described is very economical as regards consumption of fuel, since there is no escape of unused combustiongases upward around the food to be broiled. Any suitable means may be employed for swinging the doors D on their pivots. Thus in the drawings I have shown the two upper doors provided withrangular shanks D3 toit a key of the customary type, or, as shown, for the lower door acrank D4c may be attached for this purpose.

I desire it to be understood that modifications, as long as they remain within the scope of one or more of the appended claims, will constitute no departure from the nature of my invention.

A particular advantage of my invention is that several kinds of foodvas, for instance, beef and fish-may be put in the same gridiron and broiled at the same time without any danger of grease dropping from one kind of food on the other and injuring the taste.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isad l. A broiler comprising a casing apertured at the bottom and provided interiorly upon its sides with forwardly-extending superposed guides adapted to receive a gridiron, doors, the upper portions of which are hinged to the casing and the lower portions of which are yadapted to abut against the forward ends of said guides, said doors having openings at their lower edges, and flaps hinged to the doors about axes parallel to the door-hinges, adjacent to the said openings, and constructed to clear the handle of a gridiron.

2. A broiler comprising a casing apertured at the bottom and at the front, a door the up-l per portion of which is hinged to the casing about a horizontal aXis, to close the front opening of the casing and to allow (when raised) a 7 C gridiron to be inserted, said door having an opening at its lower edge, and a iap the upper portion of which is hinged to the said door about a horizontal axis adjacent to the upper edge of said opening, and constructed 75 to clear the handle of a gridiron.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PIERRE DEDIEU.

Vitnesses:

JOHN LoTKA, EUGENE EBLE. 

